NOTICE TO READERS. THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER. I WILL COMPLETE SOONWe lost two months of the summer due to the blood clot that emanated from my heart and went down my left arm last July. See “A Brush with Death and Much Discomfort.” Hence, our adventures th…
One Last Weekend
For some reason as we progress in years it becomes harder to schedule times when there isn’t something else already on the calendar. It was for this reason that we enjoyed our last weekend on the hook in early October. The river was still high but rece…
One Last Weekend
For some reason as we progress in years it becomes harder to schedule times when there isn’t something else already on the calendar. It was for this reason that we enjoyed our last weekend on the hook in early October. The river was still high but rece…
FPB 78-1 Cochise Eastbound Towards Panama: Squall Season
One of the advantages of heading upwind, against the trade winds, is that you see many more squalls than if …Read More
Halifax Citadel and Mooseheads
As soon as we realized that we’d be in town when the Halifax Mooseheads Junior A ice hockey team was playing, we put it on our calendar. It’s been ages since we watched a live hockey game—probably not since the Seattle Thunderbirds Junior A team moved out of downtown Seattle in 2009. We started the…
Ocracoke
Since we have a week or so to kill, and Ocracoke’s only a day’s run, we decided to head over while we’re waiting for our windshield. With our National Park Senior Pass, we can dock for only 60 cents/ft, quite a bargain! Besides, it’s one of our favorite places, lots of good memories there since […]
Replacing Engine Mounts: Take Two
As we completed our previous attempt at changing the engine mounts, we still had two major issues. The first was the front mount material seemed thicker than what originally was on the boat, and the second issue was we couldn’t jack the engine up far enough to remove the old rear mounts. We spoke with the…
Dangerous Islands – A Look at The Simrad Halo Radar
We are threading our way through the Tuamotus and giving the Simrad Halo radar a workout. Both Steve Parsons and …Read More
2016-37: Bodega, Golden gate, San Francisco, to Redwood City
Sunday, October 23, 2016: Hopefully, the completion of our Anacortes to San Francisco CruiseThis morning we departed Bodega Bay in the near early morning darkness. We’re bound for the Golden Gate at around 2PM near slack tide. Then it…
Hingham Adventures: Return to Gloucester
We last visited Gloucester in September of 2011 during our Great Loop adventure. It was the furthest north that we traveled along the east coast. We stayed for seven days, then headed south to Salem. We had fond memories of Gloucester.Fast forward to 2…
